40th Anniversary Grove & Natural shelter via Northwest Branch Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 44 min
40th Anniversary Grove & Natural shelter via Northwest Branch Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Wheaton Regional Park near Glenallen, MD. The route passes 40th Anniversary Grove before reaching Natural shelter at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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40th Anniversary Grove & Natural shelter via Northwest Branch Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 44 min
Elevation 261–341 ft
Out & Back · Wheaton Regional Park
Trailhead: Harper's Cabin Trail · 39.05808, -77.03264
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Harper's Cabin Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftPass 40th Anniversary Grove.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Wheaton Way-Brookside, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Oak Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Wheaton Way, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wheaton Way, heading E.
- 400 ftBear left onto Northwest Branch Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Natural shelter.
- 200 ftReach 40th Anniversary Grove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Wheaton Way, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Little Bit Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wheaton Way, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Oak Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right onto Wheaton Way-Brookside, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Harper's Cabin Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Harper's Cabin Trail Trailhead
- 40th Anniversary Grove–Natural shelter, 3 groves 7.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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